[XB] Movie & TV Threads

Xenforo.com resource URL: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/xb-tmdb-movie-thread-starter.5655/

Compatibile XF2 versions

Create rich, structured movie and TV show discussion threads powered by TMDb data.

Automatically populate discussions with posters, ratings, cast information, and other metadata while giving your community tools to rate, track, and discover movies and TV shows.

Features:

Automatic Thread Creation: Automatically set thread titles and populate the first post with TMDb data, including posters, ratings, cast, crew, and more.
Movies & TV Shows: Support movies and TV shows from a single add-on.
Episode Discussions: Create dedicated discussions for TV episodes with episode details displayed within replies.
User Ratings: Built-in 5-star rating system for movies and TV shows.
Personal Lists:
- Favorites
- Watched
- Watchlist
‍ Person Profiles: Dedicated pages for actors, directors, creators, and crew members.
Similar & Recommended Content: Display related movies and TV shows with support for manually added recommendations.
Duplicate Detection: Automatically redirect duplicate submissions to existing discussion threads.
Customizable Content Display: Control which TMDb fields appear in thread lists and thread content.
Advanced Filtering: Filter by title, genre, creator, director, cast, and more.
Flexible Forum Assignment: Automatically route content based on media type, genre, TV show, or episode discussions.
Trophy Integration: Award trophy points for creating movie and TV show threads.
Flexible Image Storage: Use local storage, CDN, or TMDb-hosted images.
Multi-Language Support: Import content in any TMDb-supported language.

Useful for:

Movie Communities: Create structured discussions around films.
TV Show Forums: Organize series and episode discussions.
Review Sites: Combine ratings, reviews, and recommendations.
Entertainment Communities: Encourage discovery, discussion, and user engagement.

Upgrading from a 2.0.x version and below?

Here's a list of notable changes why it's definitely worth the upgrade:

Changes:

General code refactor
Minimal XF version changed to 2.2
[BREAKING] Add-on was integrated with ForumType and ThreadType system (XF2.2+):
"Movie thread forums" add-on option was removed (all previously selected forums in this option will be automatically converted to "TMDb Movie forum" type)
"Allow mixed content" option was deleted (now can be used "General discussion" forum type with "TMDb Movie threads" type)
"Enable manual updates" options was deleted, now users with access to change thread type
Improved performance for crosslink creation (now applies asynchronously with XF:Job)
Cached user Movie thread count to optimize user criteria
Refactoring and optimization of the addon to reduce the number of requests to API
"Movie show poster position" option moved to style properties

New features:

Added detailed cast and crew display with person data (name, avatar, character/job)
Added production companies & networks display
Added tab with more videos
Added Movie watchlists, button to mark Movie as watched and add to favorites
Added liked and watched movies list to "Your account page"
Added option to replace template for search results to display detailed Movie info
Added Movie ratings rebuild tool
Added Google structured data to support rich result for "TMDb Movie forum" forum type
Added thread list sorting by Movie season and episode number
Added integration with [OzzModz] Covers
Added Movie show status filter in thread list
Added TMDb changes tracking (disabled by default)
Added general discussion forum type support
Added icons to trailer, casts, crew and videos movie tabs
Added ability to quickly rate Movies without confirmation popup (optional)
Added style property to disable shown stats in a thread view/list
Added ability to search by IMDb ID
Added forum thread list filter to exclude watched Movie shows

Fixes:

Fix: wrap text on rating button
Fix: Potential "Attempted convert binary/string to null" error when adding a new episode
Fix: Cache some phrases to avoid extra DB queries
Fix: Optimized 2.2.0 upgrade step for large forums
Fixed rendering the Movie plot without line breaks

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[XB] Movie & TV Threads 2.3.0 Beta 1

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